Same. But we are back now aren't we!divorce.
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Same. But we are back now aren't we!divorce.
None so far . Had Dino’s but never thought of quitting. WOW What kind of fish I’m in lovei don't blame you. We get hit hard at times. We get demoralized, our pets get caught in the crisis. It's not their fault.
I could go into detail of my last "crisis". Having someone you love around, really helps. Having my aquariums in my life has helped. When you view your hobby (any hobby) as work. It feels draining and condemning.
When I sift the sand, change the water, feed the fish and coral. I watch them on how much trust I have earned from these fish. I can mess with my rocks and they are over there investigating. I bring out the camera and see who poses for me.
it's part of life, try to enjoy tank maintenance. testing water, you can trick yourself into thinking it's fun. be a mad chemist!
I hope you find the joys of fish/reef keeping.
Plenty of friends to be made on here. Hopefully you find more locally.
Not to sideline this thread but I have to ask how big that monster is?! It looks like the pic was taken outside on a tarp (so not in a bowl on a table). Good golly that's scary but great that your resolve held up to fight the beast! That's so awesome of your husband to buy you a new setup! He's a keeper.There are times I have a nasty temper tantrum and think about breaking everything apart.... 110g of water is a quick way to change that thought process. There are a lot of things when it comes to any form of pet keeping. From dogs to fish and coral tanks. We get emotionally invested in our furry friends, but some don't with their watery world. We should be emotionally invested. They are living, we may not know what they feel or even how they feel. But why does that matter? We need to treat our aquariums like we would our cats, birds, dogs. To the best of our abilities and make what right we can. Harsh topic. When we can't provide proper care, find someone who can.
1. Moving. I never tore a tank down out of frustration with the hobby, other reason in life make me rather destructive. I think, somewhere it has helped me "rationalize" more than I would without it.
2. After 2 years of being without my old reef tank, my husband saw I was missing my aquarium. He out on a whim bought me a new setup. He's already learned more than I know about reef keeping.... I have been doing this for over 15 years. ;Sour
Disease, pests, ruin it for a lot of us. But as you stated "quarantine" really takes a lot of that stress away.
I did have one nasty worm though. 15+ lb rock and a hammer and screwdriver. Ate my florida ricordea mushroom. That drew the line and a fight it became.
The reality of it is he is into the hobby tooNot to sideline this thread but I have to ask how big that monster is?! It looks like the pic was taken outside on a tarp (so not in a bowl on a table). Good golly that's scary but great that your resolve held up to fight the beast! That's so awesome of your husband to buy you a new setup! He's a keeper.
1st picture is Atrosalarias holomelas common name I think is golden sailfin blenny, I do not know for sure. She is wonderful! Can turn black or dusky gold based on her mood.WOW What kind of fish I’m in love
It was over 1 ft long on a white plastic bag. This was unstretcheredNot to sideline this thread but I have to ask how big that monster is?! It looks like the pic was taken outside on a tarp
bigger and better.Same. But we are back now aren't we!
yes he is, he loves what I do. Hes hands off thoughThe reality of it is he is into the hobby too
not in a bowl, was way too large. the rest of the pieces, guitar pic up on the top right. if the worm never ate my mushroom coral, it would be alive today.Not to sideline this thread but I have to ask how big that monster is?! It looks like the pic was taken outside on a tarp (so not in a bowl on a table). Good golly that's scary but great that your resolve held up to fight the beast! That's so awesome of your husband to buy you a new setup! He's a keeper.
The husbandwhose the string slinger?
To be honest I don't think you ever start worrying, even when you're at home! Every time I look at my tanks and start doing the obsessive livestock count my heart stops until everyone is accounted for and acting normal (I have small tanks so I can do a head count). I just got into corals so they're part of the count.Cyano 3 years ago I threw down the towel, and that I found my lights couldn't handle any of the coral I wanted to eventually keep. After losing 2 nice ones and then never being able to deal with the cyano I gave up.
I just bought some very nice upgraded equipment about 8 months ago and started up again. Everything was going amazing until last week. Lost a 400$ torch and have no idea why.... I feel like something is wrong in the tank even when my levels have been stable and in a very good range (hopefully I can diagnose the issue soon) but I must push through! The end result is totally worth it when I see other people's amazing tanks. One day with the help of y'all I'll get it . A question for you is how long did it take for you not to worry every second you're away from the tank and thinking something is gonna go wrong . Its all I think about at work.
I love terrestrial worms and have no trouble picking them up but there is something about aquatic worms that strikes terror in my soul. I dipped my first ever coral this past Sunday and a bristleworm came out. I nearly passed out. Haha. The frag was super tiny so I have no idea where it was hiding. I think that freaks me out the most. Their ability to hide. LOL